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English Teacher - Full-time

Learning Opportunities, Deal

  • Ref:KCC886-6063-22T
  • Posted:09/05/2025
  • Pay:MPS Subject to Qualifications and Experience
  • Start Date:01.09.2025
  • App Close Date:16/05/2025 at 12:00
  • Interviews:Week beginning 19 May 2025

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Enthusiastic, patient, understanding, caring, resilient, confident, adaptable – is this you?

Learning Opportunities is a small independent special school catering for students with wide ranging needs. We follow a full range of curriculum subjects alongside numerous opportunities for learning outside the classroom, including forest school.

We are seeking to appoint a talented English teacher who is passionate about their subject and securing the best outcomes for even the most challenging students.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate successful engagement of students in a creative and effective way from Entry Level up to GCSE. You will have experience of helping students make significant progress with their academic as well as social and emotional learning on a daily basis. There will also be a requirement to teach an additional subject and be fully involved in activities and educational visits.

We would welcome applications from an experienced teacher or an NQT looking to start their career in a special education environment. If you have endless energy and are seeking a new challenge where no two days are the same, please look at our website or contact the school for further information or to arrange a visit.

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged. Please contact Sarah Appleby to arrange an informal visit or for more information.

To discuss the role in more detail, or to arrange a visit, please contact Sarah Appleby at saraha@learningopps.org   or call 07395 704251 / 01304 381906 .

Learning Opportunities is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All posts are subject to vetting checks including an Enhanced DBS check and references.

Information about the school

Learning Opportunities is a small independent specialist school for students with a wide range of additional needs, including social, emotional and mental health difficulties (SEMH), autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and moderate learning difficulties. We are registered to provide education for 36 students with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP), aged 10 to 16 years of age (Key Stages 2,3,4). All students have, for a variety of reasons, found it difficult to achieve their full potential in other settings.

Our dedicated staff team, who have a range of expertise, are passionate about providing the best possible opportunities and outcomes for all of our students.

Many of our visitors comment on the positive ethos of the school – calm, focused and happy, where appropriate and positive relationships between staff and students are clearly evident.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Sarah Appleby
  • Address:Ringwould Road, Ringwould, Deal, Kent, CT14 8DW
  • Telephone: 07395 704251
  • Email: saraha@learningopps.org

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.